Stars scoring summary: Stars score first, but Red Wings pour it on late

2. Valtteri Filppula, Detroit — Right place at right time with two goals.

3. Jimmy Howard, Detroit — Great job keeping Stars’ PP off the board

First Period: Dallas earned four power play chances, but couldn’t cash in and it cost them. The Stars had an 11-7 edge in shots on goal, including five shots on the power play, but it simply could not muscle a puck past Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard. It would eventually come back to bite them. The Stars also had their first two fights of the season, as Eric Nystrom and Brenden Dillon each fought Detroit’s Jordin Tootoo.

Stars 0, Detroit 0

Second Period: For the second consecutive game, the Stars scored first. Dallas had an awkward line change, but Jaromir Jagr found Cody Eakin coming off the bench, and Eakin pushed a hard shot on goal. The rebound came straight off to Loui Eriksson, and he buried a shot for his third goal of the game at the 10:22 mark. However, Detroit came right back at the 13:14 mark, as Pavel Datsyuk picked the pocket of Jordie Benn and set up Valtteri Filppula to tie the game. Henrik Zetterberg then gave Detroit the lead on a 5-on-3 power play goal with 23.8 seconds remaining in the period.

Detroit 2, Stars1

Third period: The Wings just poured it on, and ran away with the game. Detroit rookie Damien Brunner made a high tip of a Johan Franzen shot from the point for his third goal of the year to make it 3-1. The shot was reviewed for a high stick, but ruled a good goal. Then, Datsyuk worked his magic again, with a saucy cross-slot pass for an easy Filppula goal.